LANSING – In her latest ad in her re-election campaign, Gov. Jennifer Granholm says that her administration is working to help develop alternative fuels that will help end the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. But Republicans charged back that the administration is behind the curve in developing alternative energy.
The ad shows an historic film of 1950s cars being produced saying that Michigan put the world on the road, and that Granholm was leading efforts to develop ethanol and bio-diesel fuels.
The ad says that some nine new ethanol plants and bio-diesel fuel plants are being built in Michigan that would help create as many as 1,000 new jobs.P>
But Republicans said Michigan is running behind other states that already have ethanol production plants up and running.
Ironically, the ad appears at a time when Underwriters Laboratory saying it was decertifying E-85 ethanol pumps out of concern the fuel could degrade some of the equipment. Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about boaters in Texas, where boat fuel has to include ethanol, complaining the fuel was destroying their engines.
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